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England: Removes 1 unit
France: Builds 1 unit
Italy: Builds 1 unit
Turkey: Removes 1 unit
Message from Turkey to Germany
Fredd,
Yes, I'm still alive and kicking. Things have been crazy for me lately; it
looks like I'll be job-hunting come next week. I've also been finding it hard
to wrap my mind around anything besides the obvious events in the news.
However, I'm now looking forward to seeing the game get started back up again.
So, the Turkish embassy is now re-opened for business.
I'm sorry I couldn't support you against Russia. If I had seen a way to
eliminate Russia outright, I'd probably have gone for it. But even a one- or
two-unit Russia could put me in a world of hurt in terms of my war with Italy.
If France does indeed follow through in anti-Italian efforts, then it will
give me far greater flexibility in that regard.
I was sorry to see the Tri idea didn't work. I'm amazed that he left Venice
open. Roberto seems to be a very crafty player. In any case, I did not
breathe a word about Tri to anyone else -- nor would I have done so even if I
knew for sure what you planned, which I didn't. My plan at present is to
disband A Ank, thereby leaving me in Galicia. If Italy turns to fight France,
it will give us much more opportunity to work together in Austria. I would
still welcome the opportunity to support you into Vienna if you're so
inclined.
Ali
Message from Italy to France and Germany
You may squash the 800 lb gorilla but you'll create a 1 ton turkey in the
process.
Boar, if you are confused by my terminology, seek clarification from Fredd.
Roberto
Message from France to all
1906 Symposium on Philosophy, Europe and
Everything.
- by Prince Xavier Boar
[This is Stuart Scott here, I'm back!! I was finally let
out of the Turkish prison. They stamped a serial number
on me, but I will not tell you where! Let's just say
that I will not ask anyone to kiss it for a while. I
hope that Reece was not too obnoxious in my place. It is
my goal to be the most obnoxious one!]
You may notice that the Symposium is early this year.
Due to complications surrounding trying to move the
Superbowl, we asked that the conference move their date
earlier, rather than waiting for spring. Being great
guys, they agreed to do it. A few millions Francs did
make them more amenable. The Prince was eager to get
started so lets roll the speech.]
Good people of France, given the stressful times I
thought that I would start out with a little
light-hearted philosophical humor.
Descartes sits down at a sidewalk café and orders some
coffee, black.
The server ask "are you sure that you do not want any
milk, it is excellent today."
Descartes retorts, "I think not!"
And then *poof* he immediately ceases to exits!
[Chuckle, hey maybe this guy is not as boring as Reece
made him out to be.]
The year 1905 has shown a reversal in fortune for France.
Many of the foreign invaders have left France and we
have formed a nice ring of defense around the country.
By some quirk of fate, we even have a build to complete
the circle. Our fleets were aimed at defending on all
fronts. We wanted to avoid Italy returning to the
Western Mediterranean. In case Germany moved to
Piedmont, we wanted to be in place to defend Marseilles
without using our armies, and we did not want the English
to sneak back into the Mid-Atlantic Ocean. Luckily none
of those occurred.
Although things are looking better, we are still not out
of the water yet. An English army remains within our
borders. German, England, and Italian forces are all
nearby. We have a lot of diplomatic and tactical work
ahead of us. Rest assured that the Dauphin and I will do
everything in our power to protect both your homes and
your families.
[I like that ring defense thing. I wonder if it would
stop Michael Jordan? Now that he is returning, his age
may be the only thing that could stop him. It will be
fun to watch. Will his come back be as dramatic as the
French, the Turks, or the Russians. We will have to get
a panel of ESPN experts together to analyze who had the
best come back.]
[We now skipped the sensitive stuff and will not jump
right to the philosophy part. Somehow the Prince manages
to identify with a famous actor, as I will mention
below.]
Philosophy
Today's lecture is on the philosophy of Albert
Schweitzer. Schweitzer struggled to find the meaning of
Civilization. And his discoveries are appropriate for
the conflicts that we find in Europe. Many think that
being civilized is proven by intellectual or material
accomplishments, or the territory a country may own. He
felt that only human beings who achieved a certain
positive stability in their ethical relationships could
fully enjoy those material benefits.
His problem was defined by the Lion and the Zebra. The
latter is often food for the former. But what is clearly
good for the lion (getting fed) is not good for the Zebra
(getting eaten). There are no principles to ameliorate
this situation and bring about a happy ending. But this
evolutionary ethic does need to hold for humans, our
thoughts and feelings allow to transcend this instinct.
We can attempt to avoid such predicaments and solve them
when we must.
His solution was a "reverence for life", that means
respecting the will-to-live of every living creature.
Although in our power struggles in Europe, we may not be
able accomplish the true essence of his goals. In many
ways we are stuck as the Lion and the Zebra. Growth must
come at the expense of someone else. But it is my hope
that we can continue to try to live to up to his
principles of respect, and yes, reverence for all great
powers and we deal with this seemingly unsolvable
problem.
[If I am following this, I think that he basically
restating Al Pacino. And here I can at best paraphrase
"On any given Sunday you are either going win or you are
going to lose. The question is, will you win or lose
like a man? This Boar guy is almost as deep at Al.
Wow!]
[The Prince wants me to mention that he will try to write
individual letters later, after the philosophical
reception.]
[Stuart]
Message from Germany to Italy
Roberto:
Due to events in the north, it looks like I'll have to recall my army
in TYR. This is also due to Turkey not finding it within himself to
support me this last turn. Or even to answer any press. Amazingly
enough his first press to me came just after the moves processed. You
have clear sailing against him as far as I'm concerned.
Good guess on TYR and Venice.
Fredd
Message from Germany to France
Boar:
Well that didn't go well. I understand fully if you want to build a
fleet (or army) in Brest.
For my part, I'm withdrawing my army from TYR. With England and Russia
and Turkey against me I see no reason to pressure Italy. Yes I consider
Turkey against me. He has not answered press in at least two weeks.
But he goes have the gall to send one right AFTER the moves processed,
promising support of all things. A little too late, I should think.
Looks like we're on the same side, as we have the same enemies.
Unfortunately I'll probably lose two by next fall. Not much of an ally
to have.
Oh well, that's the way the ball bounces.
I'm not sure what Italy is referring to.
Fredd
Message from Germany to France
Oh I hadn't noticed before that there's an English army in PIC as a
direct result of your trying to cross me. Nah Nah
Fredd
Message from England to Germany
Fredd,
The sacrifice of Belgium was my idea. I offered it to France. In return,
France suggested the convoy in order to preserve my army.
Everything I did was motivated by one thing. Italy had to be stopped. By
giving France a build in Marseilles, he now has a credible attack against
Italy. I believed that had France not attacked Italy on this very turn
that it would have been too late. If that was incorrect reasoning, then I
was a fool.
Cooperation with France had its price. There was a three-way converstion
among Russia and France and me, and it became clear that I had to help
Russia if I wanted French cooperation. I am painfully aware that France
wants a living Russia to protect him from either a strong England or a
strong Germany.
Helping Russia meant that I had to say and do things that you wouldn't like
afterwards.
Ironically perhaps, your army in Tyrolia made all of this possible. Italy
was so preoccupied with what it might do that he left himself open to the
French attack.
Ivy
Message from England to all
Friends,
We seem to have a judge bug operating. I got the following message
appended to return messages from USIN:
>Adjustment orders for Winter of 1905. (titleist.021)
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>England: Defaults, removing the army in Picardy.
>
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>Orders not received for all units. If complete orders are not
>received by Mon Oct 01 2001 12:22:44 -0500, you will be considered late.
>You will be considered abandoned if nothing is received by
>Thu Oct 04 2001 12:22:44 -0500.
Defaults! When the deadline is not until Monday.
Then I submitted an actual removal and received a response that seems to
indicate that all is now OK:
>'Wait' status set.
>
>Adjustment orders for Winter of 1905. (titleist.021)
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>England: Removes [censored]
Perhaps others who had adjustments got strange defaults prematurely as well?
I set "wait," because I still don't know what removal I will ultimately
choose. I have also alerted Doug in a separate message to the master.
Ivy
Message from Master to all
I checked the status of the game and don't see any errors -- I think that
the message back from the judge for removals always says "Defaults, ..."
even if the game isn't NMR and it's not really going to make your decision
for you.
Just a little strangeness in the way the Judge works, that's all.
Doug
PS: I'm off to New Jersey for 24 hours -- driving down to Pine Valley
Golf Club (the best -- or at worst, second-best -- course in the United
States). I don't get to play, but I'll be watching the final of the
"Crump Cup" tournament. P.V. is only open to the public for six hours
each year, so this is really my only chance to see the great course in
person. I'm kind of a golf nut, in case you hadn't noticed . . .
Message from France to Germany
Fredd:
Thank you for the support to Belgium. I am sorry that I
did not take you up on it. I was not comfortable with
any my neighbors so I felt it best to be self reliant and
have the best defensive position possible. If I am to
build in Marseilles, I need something to defend my
exposed homeland.
The question remains where do we go from here. There is
the opportunity for me to build an army in Marseilles and
try to work with you against Venice. But I understand if
you feel the need to pull that army home.
As for the army in Picardy. He must remove something,
perhaps it will be that?
--Prince Boar
Message from Germany to France
Removing the army in Picardy? I hadn't considered that one. Of
course, maybe that'll work. After all Ivy says the convoy to PIC was
your idea in the first place. Although why you'd want a foreign army
next to two of your open suppy centers is a little bit beyond me.
Fredd
England: REMOVE Fleet North Atlantic Ocean
France: BUILD Fleet Marseilles
Italy: BUILD Army Venice
Turkey: REMOVE Army Ankara
Centers
England: 4
France: 6
Germany: 6
Italy: 9
Russia: 3
Turkey: 6
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